William Rocamora Katowitz, MD

Independent provider
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About me

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

My education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
  • Residency: Scheie Eye Institute
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Fellowship: Moorfields Eye Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Katowitz is an independent physician who is not employed by Penn Medicine.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Katowitz WR, Zhao AT Biopsy-Only Versus Debulking Surgical Approaches for Pediatric Orbital Rhabdomyosarcoma: Impact on Eye Preservation and Oncologic Outcomes. , Am J Ophthalmol.: 2026,211-217

Zhao AT, Katowitz WR. Thyroid Eye Disease Research From 2010 to 2024: An Analysis of Social Media Impact Versus Traditional Citation Metrics. 2026 May-Jun 01;42(3):281-284. doi: 10.1097/IOP.0000000000003072. Epub 2025 Sep 11. PMID: 40934903. , Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. , 42(3): 2026,281-284

Hu AC, Ng JJ, Zhong A, Massenburg BB, Pontell ME, Tolley PD, Katowitz WR, Swanson JW, Binenbaum G, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Ocular Morbidity and Visual Outcomes in Rare Craniofacial Clefts: A Contemporary Cohort Study of 102 Cases. , Plast Reconstr Surg. : 2026

Zhao AT, Shen CZ, Katowitz WR. Eyelid ptosis and dermatochalasis in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: A large-scale propensity score-matched analysis , Eye (Lond)., 40(3): 2026,412-416

Zhao AT, Shen CZ, Katowitz WR Eyelid ptosis and dermatochalasis in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea: A large-scale propensity score-matched analysis. , Eye (Lond): 2025

Zhao AT, Katowitz WR Thyroid Eye Disease Research From 2010 to 2024: An Analysis of Social Media Impact Versus Traditional Citation Metrics , Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg: 2025

Ng JJ, Zhong A, Massenburg BB, Binenbaum G, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Katowitz WR, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Periorbital Outcomes and Vision Risk Stratification in Treacher Collins Syndrome , Plast Reconstr Surg, 156(2): 2025,246e-256e

Ng JJ, Zhong A, Massenburg BB, Binenbaum G, Wu M, Romeo DJ, Katowitz WR, Swanson JW, Bartlett SP, Taylor JA. Periorbital Outcomes and Vision Risk Stratification in Treacher Collins Syndrome , Plast Reconstr Surg., 156(2): 2025,246e-256e

Linaburg TJ, Binenbaum G, Buzi A, Spiller A, Yu Y, Ying GS, Katowitz WR. Association between congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction and otitis media. , J AAPOS, 29(3): 2025

Zhao A, Katowitz W Endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy outcomes in pediatric patients with nasolacrimal duct obstruction , Orbit, 44(3): 2025,267-273

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